Rational points on a subanalytic surface

Jonathan Pila[1]

  • [1] McGill University, department of mathematics and statistics, Burnside Hall, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6 (Canada), University of Oxford, mathematical institute, 24-29 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LB (Grande-Bretagne)

Annales de l’institut Fourier (2005)

  • Volume: 55, Issue: 5, page 1501-1516
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

Abstract

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Let X ⊂ ℝ n be a compact subanalytic surface. This paper shows that, in a suitable sense, there are very few rational points of X that do not lie on some connected semialgebraic curve contained in X .

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Pila, Jonathan. "Rational points on a subanalytic surface." Annales de l’institut Fourier 55.5 (2005): 1501-1516. <http://eudml.org/doc/116224>.

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